Atomic Kitten : Whole Again.LIve At Top Of The Pops.UK(2002) - YouTube Atomic Kitten : Whole Again.LIve At Top Of The Pops.UK(2002) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 23, 2008 Atomic Kitten was formed in 1997 by Andy McCluskey of '80s band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and included Heidi Range in the original line-up. However, Range left the group and was only featured on the demo recordings. In 2001, Range joined another girl group, Sugababes. Atomic Kitten was originally named "Honeyhead", but later renamed "Automatic Kittens", the name of the label of its designer.

"Automatic Kittens" was eventually changed to "Atomic Kitten." [1] The group's first single "Right Now" debuted in December of 1999 and ended up reaching the British top 10. After the initial success Atomic Kitten made an Asian tour during which it scored their first hit with "Cradle". The album, also titled Right Now, was first released in Japan on March 16, 2000 and subsequently released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2000 with a slightly modified track list. In July 2000, the group released a cover version of "The Locomotion" for the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad Right Now was a modest success upon its release. Initially, there were no plans to focus on the global market and Atomic Kitten's record label, Innocent Records, was even considering dropping them because of their limited success, however they persuaded to record one more single.[2] This one single changed the career of Atomic Kitten because they scored their first No. 1 hit in the UK in 2001 with "Whole Again".

The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona, however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position because of her pregnancy.[3] The single was remade when Jenny Frost was added to the line-up as Kerry's replacement. The success was such that it was decided to remaster and re-release the album, which then went to number one on its second appearance on the chart. The next single "Eternal Flame", a cover version of the 1989 hit by The Bangles, also became a No. 1 hit. Category Flashback: Atomic Kitten beat Destiny's Child to Number 1 in 2001 Flashback: Atomic Kitten beat Destiny's Child to Number 1 in 2001 Plus, see what the rest of the Top 40 looked like today 15 years ago. Google + The battle for Number 1 is what the charts are all about, really. Sometimes it's a close-run thing, while occasionally it'll be a total routing, with one act destroying its competition.

Winners can be worthy, or injustices, or total flukes, but one of the most exciting kinds of chart battle is the one whre you simply can't call it – who's going to take this one home? 2001 was a golden era for pop. The turn of the century had seen a resurgence in not only really big trainers, brightly coloured vests tops and streaks, but also radio-friendly manufactured pop, and one band who'd flourished under this trend were Atomic Kitten . Surviving the shock departure of founding member Kerry Katona and going on to score a career-saving hit with Whole Again, the new-look Atomic Kitten had plenty to prove with their first proper single with the rejigged lineup, a cover of the Bangles ' smash 1989 ballad Eternal Flame. Mixing things up and making the song a midtempo, Atomic Kitten were eyeing up a repeat run at the top spot, but they had some pretty big competition. Another band who'd survived a lineup change and come out the other side stronger were Destiny's Child .

As a slimmed-down trio, DC were in rude health, with two chart-topping singles in quick succession – Independent Women Part I and Survivor – and a Number 1 album to 'boot'. Their next attack on the charts was the Stevie Nicks-sampling Bootylicious, a rip-roaring, hip-swivelling challenge to any guy who dared question Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle's hotness credentials. Two trios, two sides of the Atlantic, two very different songs. So who won? Here's the Top 10. Click on the image to see the full top 100, before we break down the stats and show you just how much of DC's jelly Atomic Kitten gobbled up and spat out. If you thought it was going to be a close thing, by the way, you were wrong. Eternal Flame absolutely ran away with it, selling 150,000 copies in its first week, compared to 56,000 for Bootylicious. You can, of course, factor in that by this point 440,000 people had already bought the song's parent album Survivor, whereas Eternal Flame in that form was unavailable elsewhere.

Not that we're taking anything away from the Kittens' victory, of course. Eternal Flame has racked up a total of 406,000 combined chart sales, while Bootylicious has a tally of 309,000. I'm sure Destiny's Child bear no grudge. Elsewhere, O-Town scored their second and final UK Top 10. Formed on the MTV reality show Making The Band, the US group are perhaps best known for their fun, knockabout and scarily sexist and objectifying hit Liquid Dreams. Ian van Dahl's Castles In The Sky and Cosmic Gate's Fire Wire were upping the trancey techno banger quota in the Top 10, and farther down the chart, new entries included the Tweenies (!), REM and Catatonia. But let's look at the Top 2 a little more closely. First the runners-up: And now the slayers: atomic kitten : definition of atomic kitten and synonyms of atomic kitten (English) Heidi Range Atomic Kitten are an English pop girl group formed in Liverpool in 1997.

Consisting of members Liz McClarnon , Natasha Hamilton and Jenny Frost , the original line-up included Heidi Range (who later joined the Sugababes ) and Kerry Katona (who left in 2001 when she became pregnant). The group had three UK number one singles; " Whole Again ", the fourth best-selling single by a girl group of all time; " Eternal Flame ", a song originally recorded by The Bangles , and " The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling) ", a song originally recorded by The Paragons and later by Blondie . [1] They also had two UK number one albums, Right Now , a re-issue of their debut album, and Feels So Good , both going double platinum in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] The group announced they were splitting in April 2004 although they got back together a year later to re-release a new version of their single "Cradle" and also made one off appearances in 2006 and 2008. On 4 March 2012, Natasha Hamilton confirmed that the group would be reforming during the year.

[3] Contents History 1997–2001: Formation and Right Now Atomic Kitten was first conceived in 1997 by Andy McCluskey of 1980s band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark . The original line-up featured Liz McClarnon , Kerry Katona and Heidi Range (now in the Sugababes ), but Range decided to quit due to artistic differences, and was replaced by Natasha Hamilton . This line-up was finalised in 1999. The group's first single, "Right Now", debuted in December 1999 and reached the UK Top 10. [1] After their initial success, Atomic Kitten performed an Asian tour and scored their first number one hit there with "Cradle". The album, also titled Right Now , was first released in Japan on 16 March 2000, and subsequently released in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2000 with a slightly modified track list. In 2000, the group also recorded a cover version of " The Locomotion " for the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad .

Right Now was unsuccessful upon its first release, peaking only at #39 in the UK album chart. [1] Initially, there were no plans to focus on the global market and Atomic Kitten's record label, Innocent Records , was even considering dropping them because of their limited success. However, the record company were persuaded to allow the group to record one more single. [4] The single, " Whole Again ", became their first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, and stayed at the top for four consecutive weeks. [1] Due to this success, "Whole Again" was released globally, and reached number one in eighteen other countries[ citation needed ], including six weeks in Germany and New Zealand. [5] The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona; however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position due to of her pregnancy. [6] Jenny Frost replaced Katona in the line-up and the single was re-recorded. This led to the decision to partially re-record and re-release the Right Now album, which then went to number-one in the UK in August 2001, and was certified double Platinum.

[1] [2] The album also reached the top ten in several European countries, including Germany and Denmark. [7] [8] Their next single, " Eternal Flame ", a cover version of the 1989 hit by The Bangles , became their second number-one single in the UK and New Zealand. [1] [9] It became their biggest single in France peaking at number two and eventually went Gold. In late 2001 the band announced they would be releasing a final single from the repackaged album, entitled "You Are". A video was recorded and promo singles were sent out to radio, but the single was ultimately shelved, never getting a full commercial release. [10] [11] 2002–03: Third line-up and Feels So Good Following the success of Right Now, a new album, Feels So Good , was recorded. The songwriting and production agreement with Andy McCluskey was an increasing source of tension within the group, and the girls decided to terminate the contract with McCluskey halfway through the recording of the album. The first single off the album was "It's OK!", which peaked at number three in the United Kingdom.

The next single was " The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling) ", a remake of the 1965 song by The Paragons (also made famous by Blondie in 1980), which gave the group their third number-one single in the UK and New Zealand. [1] [9] In April 2002, Hamilton announced that she was pregnant, but rather than leave the group, she opted to continue with the scheduled 2002 tour. Hamilton filmed the music video for "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", and made an appearance at Party in the Park before finally going on maternity leave. [12] During January and February 2003, Atomic Kitten toured Southeast Asia, visiting Singapore, Thailand, and Korea. Hamilton, who had given birth to her son, Josh, on 24 August 2002, decided to take her newborn baby with her on the tour as well. [13] 2003–04: Ladies Night and split In April 2003, the album Atomic Kitten was released in the United States, which consisted of tracks from their first two albums.

However, the album was unsuccessful and peaked at #102 on the Billboard 200 , though the single "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)", reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appeared on the soundtrack for the Disney film The Lizzie McGuire Movie . Following this, the group opted to focus solely on the European, Oceanian, South African and Asian markets. [14] Before recording their third album, Kool and the Gang approached the group about a collaboration for their album of duets, Odyssey. Kool and the Gang wanted to record an updated version of their hit " Ladies Night " and were looking for a girl group to sing the lyrics. Atomic Kitten liked the idea and enquired whether they could use it for their next album which was subsequently named Ladies Night in honour of this collaboration. [15] Their first single of the album, excluding " Be With You ", was " If You Come to Me ". It peaked at number three on the UK top 40. [1] Atomic Kitten spent late 2002 and early 2003 in the studio recording their third and final studio album.

Up until the recording of Ladies Night, the group mainly relied on songwriters, though they had occasionally co-written songs featured on their albums. While recording Ladies Night, they decided to be directly involved in the creation of eight of the fifteen songs. Ladies Night was released on 10 November 2003, and peaked at number five in the UK album chart. It was certified Platinum for sales in excess of 300,000 copies. [1] [2] In early 2004, a tour to support the Ladies Night album and the upcoming release of their Greatest Hits album was planned. Shortly before the tour kicked off, the group announced they would be taking an extended break after the completion of the tour. [16] 2004–08: Occasional appearances In January 2004, Hamilton announced she wanted to take a hiatus from the group and devote more time to her young son.

Atomic Kitten released the double A-side single " Someone Like Me"/"Right Now 2004 " as a "goodbye" to their fans, but were reunited on Valentine's Day 2005 to release the charity single " Cradle 2005 ", a new version of the original song from their album Right Now which was a number one hit in Asia back in 2000. "Cradle 2005" peaked at number ten, selling 35,000 copies worldwide, with proceeds going to World Vision . [17] In 2005, Atomic Kitten was featured on the soundtrack of Disney's Mulan II with the song "(I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls". In 2005, they also performed together in Krakow on 28 August at the Coca-Cola SoundWave Festival. [18] In 2006 they released a cover version of The Farm song " All Together Now ". It became a charity single for the Football World Cup and was released only in German-speaking countries.

It peaked inside the German Top 20.[ citation needed ] The group reunited in December 2006 for The Nokia New Year's Eve Music Festival, performing in Hong Kong on 31 December 2006. They once again reunited to perform at The Number One Project at the Liverpool Echo Arena on 19 January 2008 celebrating Liverpool's "Capital of Culture" year and the fact that Liverpudlian artists have had a collective 56 UK number one singles. In January 2008, the group released a cover of " Anyone Who Had a Heart ", which peaked at Number 78 in the UK single Charts. [19] 2012–present: Reunion On 13 February 2012, the group's record company released a low budget compilation album featuring all of their greatest hits including remixes and B-sides. However, the album failed to chart. On 4 March 2012, Hamilton confirmed that the group were reuniting for a summer tour, including a performance at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Hamilton also stated that the group were in talks to star in their own reality TV show regarding the comeback, following on the success of the 2011 Steps reunion and reality show. [20] Hamilton has stated that she hopes former member, Kerry Katona , who quit the band in 2001 before they found chart success, will join them on stage for a performance.

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Created by Andy McCluskey, the trio include Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost who replaced Kerry Katona after her leaving in 2001. Contents 1.1 1999–2001: Right Now 1.2 2002–2003: Feels So Good 1.3 2003–2004: Ladies Night and split 1.4 2005–present occasional and charity work 2 Members History 1999–2001: Right Now Atomic Kitten was first conceived in 1997 by Andy McCluskey of 1980s band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. McCluskey originally chose Heidi Range (now in the group Sugababes) to be a member along with Liz McClarnon and Kerry Katona, but Range decided to opt out and was replaced by Natasha Hamilton. This line-up was finalised in 1999. The group's first single, "Right Now", debuted in December 1999 and reached the UK Top 10.

After their initial success, Atomic Kitten performed an Asian tour and scored their first hit there with "Cradle". The album, also titled Right Now, was first released in Japan on March 16, 2000, and subsequently released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2000 with a slightly modified track list. In July 2000, the group also recorded a cover version of "The Locomotion" for the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad. The Right Now album was unsuccessful upon its first release, peaking only at no.39 in the UK album chart. Initially, there were no plans to focus on the global market and Atomic Kitten's record label, Innocent Records, was even considering dropping them because of their limited success. However, the record company were persuaded to allow the group to record one more single.[1] The single, "Whole Again", became their first no. 1 hit in the UK in 2001.

The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona; however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position because of her pregnancy.[2] The single was remade when Jenny Frost was added to the line-up as Katona's replacement. This led to a decision to partially re-record and re-release the album, which then went to no. 1 in August 2001. The next single, "Eternal Flame", a cover version of the 1989 hit by The Bangles, also became a no. 1 hit. [edit] 2002–2003: Feels So Good Following the success of "Whole Again", a new album, Feels So Good, was recorded. The songwriting and production agreement with Andy McCluskey was an increasing source of tension within the group, and the girls decided to terminate the contract with McCluskey halfway through the recording of the album.[citation needed] The first single off the album was "It's OK!". Even though this song performed well in the charts, securing a No.

3 position, it was the next single "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", a remake of the 1965 song by The Paragons (also made famous by Blondie in 1980), which attained Atomic Kitten their third number-one single. In April 2002, Hamilton announced that she was pregnant, but rather than leave the group, she opted to continue with the scheduled 2002 tour. Hamilton filmed the music video for "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", and made an appearance at Party in the Park before finally going on pregnancy leave.[3] During January and February 2003, Atomic Kitten toured around Southeast Asia, visiting Singapore, Thailand, and Korea. Hamilton, who had given birth to her son, Josh, on August 24, 2002, decided to take her newborn baby with her on the tour as well.[4] 2003–2004: Ladies Night and split In April 2003, the group released the album, Atomic Kitten in the United States.

Until that time, the group had not focused on the American market, and the album consisted of tracks from their first two albums, Right Now and Feels So Good. Promotion for the album began with the single, The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling), appearing on the soundtrack for the Disney film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie starring Hilary Duff. However, after the album only managed to peak at #102 on the US Billboard chart, it was decided the group would focus solely on the European and Asian markets.[5] Before recording their third album, Kool and the Gang approached the group about a collaboration for their album of duets, Odyssey. Kool and the Gang wanted to record an updated version of their hit "Ladies Night" and were looking for a girl group to sing the lyrics. Atomic Kitten liked the idea and enquired whether they could use it for their next album which was subsequently named Ladies Night in honour of this collaboration.[6] Atomic Kitten spent late 2002 and early 2003 in the studio recording their third and final studio album. Up until the recording of Ladies Night, the group mainly relied on songwriters, though they had occasionally co-written songs featured on their albums.

While recording Ladies Night, they decided to be directly involved in the creation of eight of the fifteen songs. Ladies Night was released on November 10, 2003, and peaked at no.5 in the UK album chart. In early 2004, a tour to support the Ladies Night album and the upcoming release of their Greatest Hits album was planned. Shortly before the tour kicked off, the group announced they would be taking an extended break after the completion of the tour.[7] 2005–present occasional and charity work On January 23, 2004, Natasha Hamilton decided to devote more time to her young son and wanted to take a hiatus from the group. Atomic Kitten released the single "Someone Like Me/Right Now 2004" as a "goodbye" to their fans, but were reunited on Valentine's Day 2005 to release the charity single "Cradle 2005", a new version of the original song from their album Right Now. "Cradle 2005" peaked at No.

10, with proceeds going to World Vision.[8] In 2005, the group was featured on the soundtrack of Disney's Mulan II with the song "(I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls". In 2005, they also performed together in Krakow, Poland on August 28 at the Coca-Cola SoundWave Festival. In 2006, Atomic Kitten recorded a one-off single, "All Together Now (Strong Together)", in association with Goleo VI, the official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2006. The track is taken from The Official FIFA World Cup Album and was released for digital download and in CD form on June 6, 2006, in Germany, where the World Cup was held ten days later. The single was listed by the HMV website for physical release in the UK many weeks prior to the competition, but was later withdrawn due to the amount of competing football records that were being released at that time.

The proceeds of the single went to SOS Children's Villages.[9] On December 4, 2006, the group reunited again for a one-off performance of "Whole Again" and two other songs at a benefit concert for the Michael Shields appeal at the Liverpool Empire Theatre.[10] On December 31, 2006, Atomic Kitten performed at the Ocean Terminal in Hong Kong at Nokia's New Year's Eve celebration. The marked their second international appearance since their extended break in 2004.[11] Atomic Kitten released another charity single, Anyone Who Had A Heart on January 27, 2008, a version of Dionne Warwick's 1963 hit as part of the Liverpool Number One Project. The single peaked at no.77 in the UK. On January 19, 2008, Atomic Kitten had returned to the stage for The Number One Project, where they sang "Anyone Who Had a Heart", "Whole Again" and "The Tide is High (Get the Feeling)" live.

On January 25, 2008, the group appeared on GMTV, talking about The Number One Project and performed "Anyone Who Had a Heart" in the studio. Later that same day Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton appeared on Radio 1's Scott Mills Show. Members Current members Jenny Frost (2001–present) (born February 22, 1978, in Prestwich, United Kingdom), and started her musical career in the girl-group Precious who represented the United Kingdom in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest. Frost replaced Kerry Katona in 2001. After the split of Atomic Kitten, Frost embarked on a solo career and released her first single "Crash Landing" on October 10, 2005 but has not released any material since after embarking on a presenting career as the host of a BBC Three make-over programme Snog Marry Avoid? which has currently ran for 2 series with a series 3 commissioned. Natasha Hamilton (1999–present) (born July 17, 1982, in Liverpool, United Kingdom).

In January, 2004, she decided to take a break from Atomic Kitten because she wanted to spend more time with her sons. Liz McClarnon (1999–present) (born Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon, April 10, 1981, in Liverpool, United Kingdom), was one of the original members of the group. While in Atomic Kitten, she co-wrote many of their songs. Her solo single "Woman in Love" was released on February 14, 2006. In 2007 McClarnon appeared on Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up, a BBC show to select Britain's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, performing her own song "(Don't It Make You) Happy!" but finished in 5th place (the winner was Scooch). McClarnon had better luck in 2008 when she won Celebrity Masterchef. [edit] Former members Kerry Katona (1999–2001) (born September 6, 1980, in Warrington, United Kingdom), was one of the original members of Atomic Kitten.

Katona was featured on the original Right Now album in 2000, though famously commented later that she didn't actually sing. Katona left the group in 2001 after she became pregnant, though she has remained in the public eye ever since (often more due to scandal rather than other notability).

Discography Main article: Atomic Kitten discography [edit] Studio albums UK AUS NZ[12] GER U.S.[13] 2000 Right Now 1 86 12 6 – 2002 Feels So Good 1 21 3 6 – 2003 Atomic Kitten – – 7 – 102 Ladies Night 5 67 3 12 – 2004 Greatest Hits 5 – 8 35 – Number-one singles Year Title Chart positions Album AUT[14] IRE[15] NZ[16] UK[17] NOR 2001 "Whole Again" 1 1 1 1 — Right Now "Eternal Flame" 3 2 1 1 13 2002 "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)" 3 1 1 1 11 Feels So Good [edit] Trivia The band was originally to be called 'Automatic Kitten.' However, there was already a group with the name so they then settled on Atomic Kitten.

Posted by Flashback: Atomic Kitten beat Destiny's Child to Number 1 in 2001 Flashback: Atomic Kitten beat Destiny's Child to Number 1 in 2001 Plus, see what the rest of the Top 40 looked like today 15 years ago. Google + The battle for Number 1 is what the charts are all about, really. Sometimes it's a close-run thing, while occasionally it'll be a total routing, with one act destroying its competition. Winners can be worthy, or injustices, or total flukes, but one of the most exciting kinds of chart battle is the one whre you simply can't call it – who's going to take this one home? 2001 was a golden era for pop. The turn of the century had seen a resurgence in not only really big trainers, brightly coloured vests tops and streaks, but also radio-friendly manufactured pop, and one band who'd flourished under this trend were Atomic Kitten .

Surviving the shock departure of founding member Kerry Katona and going on to score a career-saving hit with Whole Again, the new-look Atomic Kitten had plenty to prove with their first proper single with the rejigged lineup, a cover of the Bangles ' smash 1989 ballad Eternal Flame. Mixing things up and making the song a midtempo, Atomic Kitten were eyeing up a repeat run at the top spot, but they had some pretty big competition. Another band who'd survived a lineup change and come out the other side stronger were Destiny's Child . As a slimmed-down trio, DC were in rude health, with two chart-topping singles in quick succession – Independent Women Part I and Survivor – and a Number 1 album to 'boot'. Their next attack on the charts was the Stevie Nicks-sampling Bootylicious, a rip-roaring, hip-swivelling challenge to any guy who dared question Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle's hotness credentials. Two trios, two sides of the Atlantic, two very different songs. So who won? Here's the Top 10.

Click on the image to see the full top 100, before we break down the stats and show you just how much of DC's jelly Atomic Kitten gobbled up and spat out. If you thought it was going to be a close thing, by the way, you were wrong. Eternal Flame absolutely ran away with it, selling 150,000 copies in its first week, compared to 56,000 for Bootylicious. You can, of course, factor in that by this point 440,000 people had already bought the song's parent album Survivor, whereas Eternal Flame in that form was unavailable elsewhere. Not that we're taking anything away from the Kittens' victory, of course. Eternal Flame has racked up a total of 406,000 combined chart sales, while Bootylicious has a tally of 309,000. I'm sure Destiny's Child bear no grudge. Elsewhere, O-Town scored their second and final UK Top 10.

Formed on the MTV reality show Making The Band, the US group are perhaps best known for their fun, knockabout and scarily sexist and objectifying hit Liquid Dreams. Ian van Dahl's Castles In The Sky and Cosmic Gate's Fire Wire were upping the trancey techno banger quota in the Top 10, and farther down the chart, new entries included the Tweenies (!), REM and Catatonia. But let's look at the Top 2 a little more closely. First the runners-up: And now the slayers: Whatever Happened To…. Atomic Kitten Win One Of Five Copies Of The Pete RG Album Tender SoulsFeatured Whatever Happened To…. Atomic Kitten Back in the day, Atomic Kitten were one of the girl groups we all wanted to be in, there was the bubbly blonde, the beautiful brunette, and then, erm, Liz McClarnon, the singer. 14 April 2009 Atomic Kitten - The Original Line-Up The band was originally formed by Andy McCluskey in 1999, and was made up of singer-songwriters Liz McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Heidi Range, who is now swanning about with the Sugababes.

But alas, Heidi got a lucky escape before the band was ready to be unveiled on the public, and was replaced by Natasha Hamilton. Chart Domination Although we wouldn’t touch their records with a barge pole these days (unless it’s fuelled by a litre of wine) the trio did win over our naive hearts from the moment they released Right Now until the day they decided it was time to grow up. Althought Right Now might not have been the kid who sat next to you in science’s cup of tea, they couldn’t help but be wowed by the girls second single Whole Again which pretty much sums up the band these days. Although, being a mega star clearly proved too much for Kerry Katona, who, to be honest, doesn’t really seem to be able to cope with very much at the minute, and she left the group at the height of their fame, to make babies with her then beau, Westlife’s Bryan McFadden. Never one to hang about, the dust had barely settled on Kerry’s memory before Jenny Frost was shipped in as her replacement, and the girls set about making history.

Keen to let Jenny in gently, the girls opted for a cover song for their first Jenny-based hit, a version of The Bangles’ Eternal Flame, which reaped them their second number one hit. They weren’t going to let their overnight success pass them by either, as they followed up the joy’s of Whole Again with a new album, Feels So Good (which also saw them give McCluskey the boot halfway through the recording of the album. Feels So Good The first single to make it off this new album was It’s Okay, which I’ve got to admit, I don’t actually remember, so it can’t have made that much of an impression on me, although, the follow up to that was my all-time favourite AK song (although, it was just another cover), The Tide Is High which still get’s me up on the dance floor all these years on. I’m showing my age now aren’t I? "It's Ok!". Even though this song performed well in the charts, securing a No.

3 position, it was the next single "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", a remake of the 1965 song by The Paragons (also made famous by Blondie in 1980), which attained Atomic Kitten their third number-one single. Then, to prove to Kerry Katona that baby making doesn’t stop music making, Natasha Hamilton announced that she was pregnant, but had no intention of breaking all our hearts and leaving her girls behind, in fact, she filmed the music video for The Tide Is High, and made an appearance at Party in the Park before finally going on pregnancy leave; what’s more, she even took the newborn toto on tour of Southeast Asia with them. Ladies Night I know none of us can resist getting out groove on at a ladies night, and it seems that these three girls couldn’t either, after Kool and the Gang asked them to do a collaboration for their Odyssey album as Kool and the Gang wanted an updated version of Ladies Night and were looking for a girl group to sing the lyrics - so obviously Atomic Kitten were their first choice!

Atomic Kitten spent late 2002 and early 2003 in the studio recording Ladies Night (the album, not the single obviously!) which was to become their third and final studio album. Sniff Sniff. Up until this point the girls had relied on songwriters to pen their catchy lyrics, but during the creation of Ladies Night, they decided it was time to be directly involved in the creation of eight of the fifteen songs - possibly the reason they never brought out another album, possibly not. Anyway, in early 2004, a tour to support Ladies Night and the release of their Greatest Hits album started to gather momentum; as a result, the tour was dubbed The Greatest Hits Tour, because shortly before the tour kicked off, the girls announced they would be splitting after the completion of the tour. Where are they now? Although we pray that we’ll see Atomic Kitten: The Reunion emblazoned across the BBC entertainment page every morning, it sadly doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. I’ve got to hand it to them though, they have had a couple of shots, but it seems the youth of today just isn’t interested.

Following their split in 2004, the girls have rebanded to feature on the soundtrack of Disney's Mulan II with the song (I Wanna Be) Like Other Girls as well as performing together in Krakow, Poland on 28 August as a main star of the Coca-Cola SoundWave Festival. Then, a couple of months later they were back at it again, this time recording the one-off single, All Together Now (Strong Together), in association with Goleo VI, the official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2006. But they still weren’t willing to call it quits after the release of that one was shelved, as they released yet another charity single, Anyone Who Had A Heart on 27 January, 2008, a version of Cilla Black's 1964 hit as part of the Liverpool Number One Project. Liz McClarnon Lets face it though girls, that magic can never be recreated, so we’re kind of hoping that the girls will focus their efforts on something a little bit more fruitful from now on, and lo and behold, the one with the voice, Liz McClarnon has embarked on a solo career! Horrah!

In fact, we caught up with Liz just the other week, and we’ll have her intervirew coming for you in the next couple of days; so you can find out all about her new single, Lately, and, cor blimey, she isn’t just a good singer either, she’s a damn good cook too, as she won Celebrity Masterchef in July, 2008. Jenny Frost Not quite as successful was Jenny Frost, who released her debut solo single Crash Landing on 10 October 10, 2005, but it only peaked at No. 47, and her second single, Bad Girl, which was originally penned for (and recorded by) Lisa Scott-Lee, was planned for 2008 but never materialised. It’s thought that it was due to Jenny's pregnancy that the album was postponed, then after she gave birth, she still felt unready to release the album due to her commitments to her child and lack of being able to promote. As a result, the album is now slated for the 2009 release in November.

But I wouldn’t hold your breath, ever if she does claim that 10 out of the 12 tracks for the album have already been recorded. Natasha Hamilton Natasha, under the name "Tash" recorded a track with Mischa Daniels called Round and Round (Take Me Higher), whose riff salutes to Crystal Waters Gypsy Woman. Then on 1 November 2008 Hamilton appeared on TV show, All Star Family Fortunes with her Husband, Dad, Sister and Uncle. She won £10,000 for the charity Marie Curie. Other that that, she has kept a pretty low profile, preferring to focus her attention on her family. All-together now… aww. As for miss Kerry Katona, well, that’s a whole article in itself… let’s just say, ‘low profile’ isn’t in her vocabulary. FemaleFirst - Ruth Harrison

Question: Atomic Kitten's second Number One was Eternal Flame, a cover of the 1989 Number One by which band?
Answer: THE BANGLES